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Patent GB-190324379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Bringing Gas and Liquid into Intimate Contact.
Inventor: SCHNELLER AUGUST
Filed: 1903-11-10
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 24,379. Schneller, A., and Koeleman, D. Nov. 10. Liquids, sterilizing.- Liquids and gases are brought into intimate contact in processes involving the absorption of gases, and for sterilizing water with o z o n e by methods such as are described in Specification No. 16,308, A.D. 1895, by passing the liquid to be treated in at the pipe h and through a vessel composed of a number of superposed sections a, connected by flanges b, and divided.by perforated partitions e fitted with deflectors f, preferably arranged alternately on opposite sides of the apparatus. The perforations in the parts of the dividing-plates separated by the deflectors may be enlarged, or the part may be removed, so that the liquid may flow down as indicated unhindered. The gas is drawn in at the bottom of the vessel, and rises up in the " pulverized " state through the perforations and through the liquid.
Patent GB-190326363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces or Kilns for Enamelling Melting or Baking Metals, Glass, Porcelain, Pottery, and the like.
Inventor: CUNYNGHAME HENRY HARDINGE
Filed: 1903-12-02
Granted: 1904-11-24
Abstract: 26,363. Cunynghame, H. H. Dec. 2. Muffle, crucible, &c. furnaces; settings &c.-Relates to furnaces or kilns used for enamelling, melting, or baking metals, glass, porcelain, pottery, and like substances or articles, in which a considerable degree of heat is required to be maintained, and consists in the combination of a comparatively-thin interior fireclay compartment b, with a comparatively-thick jacket a composed of non - conducting material. Fig. 1 shows a muffle furnace and Fig. 5 a melting-furnace so constructed. The non-conducting material is preferably composed of asbestos fibre or powder, mixed with plaster of Paris, flour, weak solutions of silicate of soda or water glass, or of glue, kneaded into a plastic mass ; or the jacket may be composed of asbestos and may be made to adhere to the interior compartment by means of plaster of Paris, flour, weak solutions of silicate of soda or water glass, or of glue. In the melting-furnace shown in Fig. 5, holes are made in the fireclay wall of the interior compartment to assist in supporting or fixing the jacket a. The heating-flame, which may be produced by an ordinary bunsen burner, a petroleum lamp, or otherwise, is introduced through one or more openings c and from thence, passing round the muffle or crucible, escapes through openings d at the top, the draught being controlled by a cover or covers e. The door of the muffle furnace may be made of a tapering form to facilitate the inspection of articles. Instead of applying the non- conducting jacket to the inner fireclay wall of the furnace by hand, the inner compartment b may be placed in a mould box, and the plastic mass then applied to it.
Patent GB-190403529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Bleaching and Cleansing of Vegetable Fibres.
Inventor: PICK LUDWIG
Filed: 1904-02-12
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 3529. Pick, L., and Erban, F. Feb. 12. Bleaching; washing.-Vegetable fibres, cotton, linen, &c., are bleached or washed by treatment at ordinary temperatures with alkaline hydrochlorates or hypobromites to which Turkey-red oils or castoroil soaps are added ; if desired free alkalies or alkaline salts are also added. An example is given in which cops of raw cotton are treated for a few hours with a soluton of sodium hypochlorite and Turkey-red oil, or castor-oil soap, and subsequently washed.
Patent GB-190406383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mercerizing and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: MATHER WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-03-16
Granted: 1905-01-19
Abstract: 6383. Mather, Sir W., H³bner, J., and Pope, W. J. March 16. Fibres, treating; yarns, mercerizing &c.-Relates to the mercerization of fine muslins and other fabrics, lace, yarns, and unspun cotton. The material is first steamed and saturated with water or weak caustic, and during mercerization is contained between two elastic pervious layers, such as sheets of wire gauze, netting, latticework, &c. to minimize contraction of the fibres. Layers of the cotton &c. and pervious flexible material are alternately wound tightly on the hollow perforated pillar 3, Fig. 1, in a closed vessel 1 provided with a hinged lid 2, the compound roll being surrounded by a perforated jacket 7. Steam, alone or simultaneously or alternately with water or weak caustic, is passed radially outwards or inwards through the compound roll with the aid of the pump 5, and then the mercerizing-liquid is introduced, and next water, and if desired, dyeing, bleaching, or other liquids. The cotton &c. is then dried by passing hot air through the apparatus, or the liquids are expelled by centrifugal action by rotating the pillar 3. To treat the cotton &c. in a continuous manner, it is placed on a pervious travelling band h, Fig. 3, and is treated on its upper surface with steam from a slot in a box a<2> and with water on both surfaces from chambers a<3>, a<6>, the surplus water being removed by rollers d provided with an adjusting-screw d<1> and adjustablyweighted arm d'. The material, together with the endless pervious bands e, then passes between rollers b<6>, b<7>. Mercerizing-liquor from a transverse slot in the pipe b' is sucked through the material into the exhausted cavity b<8>. The lower roller b<7> rotates in a cavity b<10> in communication with a supply pipe b<6>, thus forming a liquid seal, sheets of india-rubber laid over the ends of the cavity b<6> and under the edges of the sheets e preventing oxidation of the liquid at the ends of the pipe b<4>. The endless pervious sheets e are separately stretched by screw-adjusted rollers g, g<1> and are also kept stretched by the rollers f. The sheets e, h, are traversed by rotating one of the rollers over which the sheets pass. The material is then subjected to other sets of apparatus similar to those described, and is then washed in an apparatus similar to the apparatus b<4>, b<8>, and, after passage between two sets of rollers d, the sheet h and the mercerized material are finally wound on a roller. The Provisional Specification states that the material may also in this case be dried by hot air and may be finally plaited or batched.
Patent GB-190406718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Regenerator Furnaces.
Inventor: WEST JOHN
Filed: 1904-03-19
Granted: 1904-05-05
Abstract: 6718. West, J. March 19. B r i c k s.-In regenerative furnaces, the walls between the passages for the air and combustion products are built up of firebricks h. the sides of which are hollowed o u t to reduce the thickness. The bricks are fitted together with tongue and groove joints; or grooves only, or combined tongues and grooves, for receiving fireclay, may be provided.
Patent GB-190410044-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Moulding or Pressing Tool to be used in Making the Caps of Ceiling Roses, Cut-outs and the like.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE THOMAS
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-05-02
Abstract: 10,044. Sutcliffe, T. May 2. Moulding caps of ceiling roses &c.-A pressing- tool, for moulding the caps of ceiling roses, cutouts, &c. having internally-projecting tongues, is mounted on a plunger a, Fig. 1, above a mould, and comprises a shell b, provided with two diametral slots p<1>, p<2>, as shown in cross-section, Fig. 2, which may taper slightly upwards. Below a flange k are two grooves c', c<2>, shaped according to the intended form of the internally-projecting tongues. Blocks d', d<2> slide horizontally in the slots p<1>, p<2>, which, on inserting the tool in the mould, become filled with the clay or other material. As the plunger a is forced down against the pressure of springs e, Fig. 1, the blocks d', d<2> are pressed outwards by a wedge n, Fig. 2, shown in horizontal section in Fig. 6, until, on a collar m coming into contact with the flange k, the clay is forced out again, except from the grooves c<1>, c<2>. The blocks d', d<2> are drawn in again by the upward movement of the plunger, and the tool can be removed without injury to the tongues formed in the grooves c<1>, c'. Three or more screws h, passed through countersunk holes in the collar m and screwed into the flange k, prevent the various parts of the tool from becoming disconnected. By suitable modifications, more than two tongues may be formed.
Patent GB-190410318-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Filling Receptacles with Crystals, Powders, and the like.
Inventor: CLARK GEORGE FOSTER
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 10,318. Clark, G. F. May 5. Measured quantities, delivering.- In a machine for filling bottles or other receptacles with predetermined quantities of crystals, powders, or the like, the bottles are placed in a tray beneath a hopper having a number of depending funnels which will just hold the required quantities of material and which extend to the bottom of the bottles. After the funnels have all been filled, the tray and hopper are drawn along guides which move the hopper and tray apart, thus allowing the material to fall into the bottles. When sufficient material has been shaken through the sieve j, Fig. 2, into the hopper e carrying the circular flattened funnels f, the hopper e and bottle tray h are moved along the trough a. The hopper e is guided by the runners c fixed on the inner side of the trough. The tray h has raised pieces x, z, Fig. 3, on its sides, which engage with other guiding-runners d and cause the tray to sink to the position shown at K, Fig. 1. A continuous service can be maintained by removing the empty hoppers e at one end of the machine and replacing them at the other end over a fresh set of bottles.
Patent GB-190410479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Pop-corn Cakes, Balls, and other Confections.
Inventor: HUNT RUSSELL EDWARD
Filed: 1904-05-06
Granted: 1904-06-09
Abstract: 10,479. Hunt, R. E. May 6. Moving-stirrer apparatus. - Relates to machines for mixing corn and syrup, molasses, and similar substances, in the manufacture of pop-corn cakes and balls, and other confections. The kettle or container p is supported by its rim upon ledges v connected with slides w, which can be moved in guides on the frame of the machine by means of bell-crank levers x connected to treadles y, z. The materials are mixed by stirrers q on a vertical shaft o carrying a wheel m gearing with a wheel on a shaft driven through spur gearing from the driving-shaft f, which receives motion through belt gearing from the main shaft. A sleeve r on the shaft o is caused to revolve in the opposite direction to the shaft by a wheel n gearing with the wheel l, and is connected by a yoke s to a scraper t conforming to the interior of the kettle p. The bottom of the shaft o is stepped in the scraper t. The stirrers q have inclined upper faces, and the upper pair are shaped so as to force the materials downwards, while the others are formed to raise it.
Patent GB-190411721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means to be Employed in Sinking Mine Shafts and the like.
Inventor: THORNLEY GEORGE
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 11,721. Thornley, G. May 21. Shafts.-In order that two or more hoppers may be used in shaft sinking, the hoppers are adapted to engage with cages guided by wires ropes, connected at the top with a winding- device and attached at the bottom to a ring which may be secured in the shaft by means of screws. Two open - bottomed cages Dare each provided with eyes d engaging with three wire ropes a, which are attached at the bottom to a structure A of the approximate size and shape of the shaft and adapted to be temporarily fixed therein by means of screws b. Hoppers E are carried by winding-ropes e passing through an opening in the upper part of the cage D, each rope being provided with a stop e<2> adapted to engage with the cage D when the hopper E is raised.
Patent GB-190411981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-proof Ceilings and Slabs, or Covers for Ceilings and Walls.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER HEINRICH
Filed: 1904-05-26
Granted: 1905-02-02
Abstract: 11,981. Schneider, H. May 26. Slabs for walls, ceilings, &c. A layer a of mortar, composed of lime, sand, and water, mixed with 10 per cent. of plaster of Paris, is applied to one side of wire netting b, with fibres f woven or twisted between the wire strands, and an external coating or layer c of fireproof cement, composed of 8 parts by weight of hydraulic lime, 90 parts of ashes, and 56 parts of plaster of Paris, mixed with water, is applied to the other side.
Patent GB-190412950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Gear for Cycles Motor Cycles, and other Similar Vehicles.
Filed: 1904-06-08
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 12,950. Hub Two Speed Gear Co., Beynolds, C. H., and Palmer, W. H. June 8. Driving - mechanism, variable - speed. In the epicyclic type of variable-speed gearing for motor cycles, tandem bicycles, &c., such as is described in Specifications Nos. 6062 and 19,859, A.D. 1896, No. 22,342, A.D. 1899, Nos. 7033 and 22,202, A.D. 1900, Nos. 15,775 and 25,826, A.D. 1901, Nos. 13,317, 20,107, and 22,306, A.D. 1903, in order to form a support for the studs upon which the pinions revolve, a flange or washer is applied to the free ends and inserted between the hollow portion of the hub. Upon the free end of each stud, the flange or washer F, integral with, or separate from, the bush E, fits between the cheeks of the pieces D to which the ball-race ring D<1> is affixed. The washer may fit over the end of the stud or over the bush, or, in lieu of cutting out the studs from the solid metal when constructing the hub shell, a stud or bush with a flange or loose washer may be fitted into shallow holes in the recesses d. Loose studs may also have flanges or washers at both ends, and, as shown in Fig. 8, ball bearings may be introduced between the planet-pinions and the studs. To prevent the flanges or washers from turning with the pinions, snugs G may be provided to engage the periphery of the ring D'.
Patent GB-190413401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves
Inventor: OSGOOD ALFRED GILBERT
Filed: 1904-06-14
Granted: 1904-07-14
Abstract: 13,401. Osgood, A. G. June 14. Lift valves; sliding valves; seats. -The valve contains two seatings 9, Fig. 1, consisting of two flanged, externally - threaded rings which screw into the casing so that the seat 9 is vertical and the other 7 is inclined. A block B is depressed from above by a wheel and screwed spindle, the lower end of which has a T-shaped foot which takes into an open-ended, T-shaped groove in the top face of the block. The lastdescribed method is used to secure a valve plate 19 to the inclined surface 16 of the block, so as to seat, when depressed, on the ring 7. A valve plate 20 is secured to the vertical face of the block and slides over the ring 9 when depressed with the block, thus covering the fluid way. Flanges 23 make integral with the inner wall of the channel guide the plate 20 in its descent. Casings; dirt, preventing lodgment of; cleaning valves and cocks.-The plate 20 is adapted to close the outlet, before the valve 19 has become seated, by sinking into a circular channel 21 around the seating. Sediment is thus deposited in a hollow 5 in the casing and is washed out when the valve is next opened. To prevent the accumulation of dirt in the channel 21, a curved spring 30, Fig. 4, is held, so as to bridge the channel, by lugs 33 which project into recesses in lining-pieces 24, 25 of the channel. When the plate 20 is depressed, the lugs are drawn out of their recesses and the spring forced down to the bottom of the channel. At the same time, inwardly-projecting lugs on the spring enter recesses 34 in the plate, so that the spring is raised by the plate when the latter is again drawn up. On reaching the notches in the pieces 24, 25, the lugs 33 spring outwards and the plate rises alone, leaving the channel bridged over, dirt being thus prevented from entering. A. rib 35 engages the edge of the valve 19, guiding it to prevent slipping relatively to the block B.
Patent GB-190418424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: GRAY CHRISTIAN HAMILTON
Filed: 1904-08-25
Granted: 1905-08-25
Abstract: 18,424. Gray, C. H., and Sloper, T. Aug. 25. Tyres, pneumatic.-For heavy vehicles, pneumatic tyres are made flat and crescent-shaped, and the central portion of the rim projects beyond the flanges C so that, in case of deflation of the air tube E, the wheel can run safely on the deflated tyre. The rim has flanges C and projecting bands B, B<1> to grip the double bead D<1> of the cover D, which may be of any suitable make, and there are cavities C<1> in the flanges or in the felloe to receive the edges of the cover when the tyre is deflated. A metallic band B' may be shrunk on to the centre of the rim. The air tube E is cemented or otherwise fastened to the rim to prevent creeping, while creeping of the cover is preferred.
Patent GB-190420469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cutting, Marking Out, or Describing Ovals, Ellipses and Circles
Inventor: CARLTON ROBERT
Filed: 1904-09-22
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 20,469. Carlton, R., and Edwards, A. M. Sept. 22. Ellipsographs &c.--A machine for cutting-out ellipses, circles, or oval fibres from sheet material to form table mats, napkins, doyleys, &c., or for marking or indicating such figures, is constructed with a slotted arm 6 bent at right-angles at the ends, one of which is formed as a foot 4 and mounted on a pivot 3 extending between side flanges 2 on a supporting-base 1. Two sides of the foot 4 ate shaped so that the arm 6 may be held in the horizontal position shown, or in a vertical position, and vibration due to wear is counteracted by means of an adjusting-screw 9. The operating-handle 15 is fixed to a shaft 14, which is freely mounted in a slide 12 capable of moving along the slot in the arm 6, and the lever end of the shaft carries a graduated bar 19, along which a slide 20 at the upper end of a shaft 21 can be adjusted and secured by a screw 23 extending through the shaft. The shaft 21 is mounted in a link 32, which is pivoted to the free ends of arms 34, 35 pivoted to diagonally-opposite lugs 36, 39 on the arm 6, and a bar 22 carrying a longitudinally and laterally adjustable cutterholder 26 is fixed to the lower end of the shaft. The cutter 30, or an indicator or marker, is secured by a grooved block 29 and nut in the slotted end of a bent shank 29 swivelling in a socket 28 in the holder. A spring 17 between the slide 12 and the handle-bar 15 normally keeps the cutter clear of the material, which is clamped on a worktable, and a screw 18 regulates the extent to which the operative parts may be depressed. A levelling- device may be attached to the arm 6. The hinge connections between the link 32 and bars 34, 35 are formed by making a pillar at the free end of each bar to enter bushes at the ends of the link, set-screws screwed into the top of the pillars retaining the parts together, and the fixed ends of the bars are formed with bushes to fit on studs secured to the lugs on the arm 6. Fig. 1 shows the machine arranged for cutting ellipses by the rotation and depression of the handle-bar, the distance between the cutter and a centering-pin mounted in a central opening in the set-screw 23 being made equal to the minor axis, and the slide 12 being adjusted until the distance between the shafts 14, 21, as shown by he scale 19, is equal to half the difference between the major and minor axes. If the slide 12 be fixed to the scale at the opposite side of the shaft 14, an ellipse having its major axis parallel to the arm 6, instead of as shown, will be cut. By disconnecting the arm 34 from the lug 36 and securing it to the lug 38, the machine is arranged for cutting or marking ovals or egg shaped figures, and, by adjusting the slide 12 so that the axis of the shafts 14, 21 are coincident, and then locking it in this position, circles can be cut or marked.
Patent GB-190423699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Umbrellas, Sunshades and the like.
Inventor: REVEL ANTOINE AIME
Filed: 1904-11-02
Granted: 1905-09-14
Abstract: 23,699. Revel, A. A. Nov. 2. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-A tube B, Fig. 6, shown in section in Fig. 4, similar in construction to the detachable handle of an umbrella, is fixed in the pocket A<1> of a flap A, which is attached to the coat of the user. The handle of the umbrella is detached and the stick D, Fig. 3, is inserted into the tube B, and then secured therein by a spring catch K, engaging a slot G. Longitudinal motion is prevented by a spring F, and rotation by a pin C engaging with a slot C<1>. When not in use, the umbrella may be carried by a swivel J, or by a similar inverted pocket.
Patent GB-190426104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rim Brakes for Bicycles
Inventor: RUEDIGER MAX
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1904-12-31
Abstract: 26,104. R³diger, M. Nov. 30. Brakes.-In a rim brake for bicycles, arms a which support the brake shoes b are pivoted on the forks e of the frame by means of the pins c and the lugs d, so that they may move in a plane tangential to the wheel. The branches f of a fork g, converging from the tips upwards, slide in slots in the arms a, and the fork is fixed to a rod h. When this rod is pressed down by the brake lever, the arms of the fork move the arms a with the brake blocks b against the rim i.
Patent GB-190426601-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking a Bicycle when not in use.
Inventor: FRY GEORGE HAMILTON
Filed: 1904-12-06
Granted: 1905-01-12
Abstract: 26,601. Fry, G. H. Dec. 6. Bicycles ; locking-apparatus to prevent theft.- The steering-head and the crank spindle are simultaneously locked'by guided bolts 15, 16, Fig. 8, which are fitted between plates in the down tube, and are operated, through rack-and-pinion gearing within and without the tube, by a sliding sleeve, Figs. 2 and 3. The sleeve is provided with grooves 5 in which are fitted numeral rings, each having one internal notch, the arrangement being such that the sleeve can slide on a notched feather 4 only when three certain numbers are in line. The external rack 9 is formed in a recessed portion of the sleeve, and is covered by a dust-excluding plate which is flush with the sleeve.
Patent GB-190429367-A (GB)
Title: The Desiccation and Preservation of Milk, Cream, Casein and their Derivatives.
Inventor: BEVENOT PAUL
Filed: 1904-12-31
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 29,367. Mills, B. J. B., [BÚvenot, P., and Neveu, E. de]. Dec. 31. Preserving milk, cream, casein, &c.- The substances are dried at a temperature high enough (above 60‹-65‹ C. for milk) to ensure pasteurization and below that (100‹ C. for milk) at which decomposition occurs. The substance is atomized under pressure to ensure its homogeneity, and is dried by contact with a hot surface or by hot air. An apparatus is provided consisting of an outer casing alpha, a floor g, and an inner tube b, within which an atomizer d sprays the material in an upward direction so that it is dried by hot air from the rings c, c' and falls as a snow on the bottom g, the air escaping by the exit e at the top. The screen f prevents any material from being carried away. Milk powder obtained by this process is stated to be soluble in cold water.